56 Mr. Westwood on Siagonium quadricorne^ 8fc, 



efforts in proportion to the resistance that restrains him. A stout 

 Boy of fourteen, servant to Mr. Morris, was unable, when the dog 

 exerted his utmost strength, to hold him back ; the animal dragged 

 him forward several paces, in spite of all his efforts to prevent it. 



J. G. C. 



Art. IV. Observations upon Siagonium quadricorne of 

 Kirhi/^ and on other portions of the Brachelytra (Staphy- 

 linus, Lin.) By Mr. J. O. Westwood. 



[To the Conductors of the Zoological Journal]. 



Gentlemen, 

 If the following observations on the above singular and (till 

 lately) extremely rare Insect, and on other Insects belonging to 

 the Linnean genus Staphylinus^ should be thought worthy of in- 

 sertion in the Zoological Journal, by permitting them to occupy 

 a place in its pages, you will oblige. Gentlemen, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



John O. Westwood. 

 Chelsea. 



Order. Coleoptera. Xin. (See Note I.) 



Tribe. Chilopodomorpha, MacLeay. 



Stirps. Brachelytra. Latr. 



Family. Omalid^ MacLeay, Ann. Jav. Jpplatis Latr. 



Genus. Oxytelus. Grav. 



Sub Genus. Siagonium. Kirby. Prognathe * Lat. Fam. Nat. 



Species. Quadricorne. D". 



In the course of the last autumn, I had the good fortune to cap- 

 ture this insect in large quantities, under the bark of felled and de- 



* There is a sufficient difference between the names Siagonium and Siagona 

 (a genus of Carabidse), without incumbering our Nomenclature with another 

 generic name for these insects. 



